Mountain Dwelling
Wang Wei [Tang Dynasty]
Loneliness covers the wood door, and the vastness faces the falling light.
There are crane nests and pine trees everywhere, and few people visit the Piper Gate.
The green bamboos contain new pink, and the red lotuses have fallen away
Translation
I closed the fence door tightly in silence, looking at the setting sun in the vast twilight.
Cranes roost in the surrounding pine trees, and visitors to Chaimen are sparsely neglected.
The tender bamboo joints have been covered with a new layer of pink, and the old lotus flowers have long shed their red robes.
The fishing stars at the ferry are dotted with water chestnut collectors returning from their boats.
Notes
Mountain residence: living in seclusion in the mountains and forests. "Warring States Policy·Han"
Read more The seventeenth poem in "Twenty-seven Poems of Presence" reads, "On the deserted city at night. The light is still falling in the vast expanse." Gu An's "Tang Lu Xiao Xia Lu" states that the first sentence of this poem, the three characters "covering the firewood", is a false sentence, not a real sentence. In fact, there is no need to force a "virtual" interpretation, as a "real" interpretation is also acceptable. People can also cover their doors when they are lonely indoors, so they cover their doors when they go out and look around at the exterior of their mountain home to relieve their boredom. The two sentences in the first couplet of the poem are exactly what they said when they were living alone in the mountains. They quoted Yu Chapter 17 of the letter "Twenty-Seven Poems on Preparation for Huai" "It's evening on the deserted city. The poem "The remaining rays of light fall in the vast sky". Gu An's "Tang Lu Xiao Xia Lu" states that the first sentence of this poem, "Yai Chai Fei", is a virtual sentence, not a real sentence. In fact, there is no need to force a "virtual" interpretation, and a "real" interpretation is also understandable. People You can also close the door outside the door. If you are lonely indoors, you can go out and look around the outside of the mountain house to relieve boredom. The poem's title is "Immediate Things". If you are in the retreat room, what can you do? What you see is a quiet and clear scene, which makes people feel relaxed and relaxed.
The two sentences of the couplet use contrasting techniques. The sunset is all over the mountain, and the birds and magpies return to their nests. Pedestrians return to their homes, with the firewood door tightly closed. The poet uses the most expressive words to express the most prominent impressions and feelings the scenery has given him, highlighting the natural ecology of the scene and the changing characteristics of letting it fade away, forming an overall hint of deep Zen interest. From the perspective of literary and artistic aesthetics, the tranquil life full of poetry and painting is full of movement and liveliness. The beauty of vitality. The words "Bian" and "Xi" are used very cleverly. The word "Bian" expresses the abundance of pines and cranes, while the word "Xi" expresses the lack of visitors. The contrast between the two expresses the tranquility of the mountain environment.
The couplet in the neck couplet quotes Yu Xin's "Poetry on Entering the Pengcheng Pavilion": "Green spikes hang down from the locust garden, and red clothes fall from the lotus pond." "This combination of "green bamboo" versus "red lotus" and "new powder" versus "old clothes" reflects Mojie's love for reclusive life in the flow of light and shadow. Wang Wei is good at painting by nature, proficient in painting theory, and transplanted. The art of painting can enrich and enhance the expressive power of poetry. This sentence is a strong proof.
The last word of the last couplet falls on the word "gui", which coincides with the meaning of retreat and the feeling of Tao Qian. The four sentences describe the setting sun, the rising smoke, the fresh and lovely bamboo and lotus flowers, and the scene of people returning home from picking water chestnuts, showing the author's leisurely mood.
In Wang Wei's pastoral poem, although Surrounded by nature, which is lively, lively and full of vitality, the poet's heart is lonely. Although this poem describes the author's comfortable life, it also reveals the poet's loneliness in nature. Everything is lively and lively, including tender bamboos and red lotuses, but the poet's heart is lonely. This mentality prompted Wang Wei to devote himself to discovering and appreciating the countryside.